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A big day for DIO as new Head Office is officially opened

Posted by: Lucy Bogue, Posted on: 14 October 2021 - Categories: Estates, Sustainability, Working at DIO
A parachutist from the Silver Stars comes in to land. He has a dark parachute and a union flag flies from him. He is landing on a large concrete open area with buildings behind and there is red smoke in the air.

Some of us at DIO had a memorable morning yesterday with the official opening of our new head office by the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter.   This has been a few years in the planning and …

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Happy International Women's Day!

Posted by: Lucy Bogue, Posted on: 8 March 2021 - Categories: Working at DIO
Chief of Staff Lucy Bogue visits the female engineers at DIO Brunei

Today is an opportunity to come together to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It is a day to take stock of how far our society has progressed when it comes to gender equality, but to …

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Getting battle ready with BATUS

Posted by: Lucy Bogue, Posted on: 29 May 2018 - Categories: Accommodation, Canada, Military Training
Challenger 2 tank crews training at BATUS. [Crown Copyright/MOD2014]

As DIO’s Chief of Staff I have the privilege of being able to visit our staff located both in and outside the UK. I recently visited the British Army Training Unit Suffield (otherwise known as BATUS) for a familiarisation trip. …

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Reflecting on Women in Defence and International Women's Day

Posted by: Lucy Bogue, Posted on: 8 March 2018 - Categories: Communications, Working at DIO
Numbers of women serving in the Royal Air Force, British Army and Royal Navy are increasing. [Crown Copyright/MOD2010]

The first national day for women was held in New York on 28th February 1909 and saw 15,000 women march together to demand better working hours, better pay and the right to vote. Just over 99 years later a lot …

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